Carolus Online Academy

Set in Columbia, South Carolina, Carolus Online Academy is a large K-12 campus, part of SC Public Charter School District. It hosts 1,786 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,077 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

SC Public Charter School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,383 students; Carolus Online Academy is among them.

On demographics, Carolus Online Academy records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

In terms of school funding signals, Carolus Online Academy records 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Carolus Online Academy higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lexington County put median household income runs about $77,408, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lexington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), of which Carolus Online Academy is one.

Pine Grove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carolus Online Academy.

The school occupies a suburban site. Carolus Online Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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